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Hospital

Whittingham Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Lancashire County Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1948)
Address
Preston, PR3 2JH
Foundation Year
1873
Status
Closed (since 1995)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Whittingham
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Preston
District Authority (Post-1982)
Preston
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Lancashire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: Lancashire Asylums Board.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Calderstones NHS Trust

    Record types

    Administrative
    1910 - 1910
    Ephemera
    1910 - 1910

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Lancashire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1826 - 1999
    General
    1865 - 1999
    Finance
    1870 - 1974
    Estates
    1867 - 1882
    Nursing
    1826 - 1932
    Staff
    1873 - 1965
    Admission
    1873 - 1995
    Clinical
    1873 - 1977
    Ephemera
    1918 - 1920
    Pictorial
    1869 - 1960
    Other
    1871 - 1972

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: HRW, QAM/3, DDX 2304
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Pathology Museum, Whittingham Nursing School

    Record types

    Administrative
    1890 - 1939
    Clinical
    1920 - 1939
    Ephemera
    1890 - 1899

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Whittingham Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1912 - 1912
    Admission
    1912 - 1912
    Clinical
    1902 - 1924

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Hospital now closed: no current information as to present whereabouts of these records, may be at Lancashire Record Office